tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18213663.post3246582329864033821..comments2024-02-05T10:19:47.449-05:00Comments on A Frolic through Time: Period Costuming and the Occasional Side Trip: "New Things in Fashion", July 1795: A Translation, Part 1ZipZiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02086335016901683883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18213663.post-76947962474192396322011-02-21T09:48:01.305-05:002011-02-21T09:48:01.305-05:00Dear Sabine,
Thank you so very much for your help ...Dear Sabine,<br />Thank you so very much for your help and kind comments. Some of those phrases really got me. I'd sit there with the Beolingus online dictionary, scrolling up and down the results and shaking my head, hoping that one of the examples of the term in use might spark an aha moment.<br /><br />The book about Luise looks great! Time to save up the pennies :}<br /><br />Very best,<br /><br />Natalie in KYZipZiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086335016901683883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18213663.post-23137047532376443152011-02-21T03:37:31.230-05:002011-02-21T03:37:31.230-05:00Your German and the transaltion are very good. In ...Your German and the transaltion are very good. In fact, there are a lot of native speakers who would have trouble reading and fully understanding such text. Not only the letter typing was different, also the grammatic. To a modern reader the way it was written seems quite elaborate. The second sentence in brackets is "seit einiger Zeit" meaning "...Just one observation, which has recently forced itself upon me"...<br />"Tracht" is a very old German word, which - in it's origin - simply meant "what one wears". That could be referred to work clothes for which most professions called, as well as for folk groups from different areas across Germany. It was simply the dress that a person usually wears. The "negligee" back then meant casual daywear (morning dress, travelling clothes etc) in comparison to the official garments "Parure" and "Grand Parure". <br />I can highly recommend you the book "Luise. Die Kleider der Königin" http://www.amazon.de/Luise-Die-Kleider-K%C3%B6nigin-Accessoires/dp/3777423815<br />And maybe Mme du Jard and Fiorina's knowledge could be of even better help here.<br /><br />SabineKleidung um 1800https://www.blogger.com/profile/09187943106849398728noreply@blogger.com